Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum policy conference Next steps for developing the UK nuclear sector - regulation and finance, delivering new builds, and priorities for innovation, collaboration and skills Timing: Morning, Tuesday, 20th October 2020 ***Taking Place Online*** Draft agenda subject to change 8.30 Registration 9.00 Chair’s opening remarks Lord Ravensdale 9.05 The future for regulating the UK nuclear sector and ensuring regulation is agile, fit for purpose, and harmonised with international standards Mike Finnerty, Deputy Chief Nuclear Inspector and New Reactors Director, Office for Nuclear Regulation Questions and comments from the floor 9.35 Break 9.40 Case study: designing a stable funding and development model for nuclear projects in the UK, and latest progress on the Hinkley Point C project Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, Managing Director, Nuclear Development, EDF Energy 9.55 Priorities for progressing nuclear new builds and establishing project reliability, stability, and reduced investment risk Alan Raymant, Chief Executive, Bradwell B Project, CGN Patrick Robinson, Partner, Burges Salmon Vanja Munerati, Transaction Director, Business and Investor Advisory, Arup Professor Lenny Koh, Director, Centre for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, University of Sheffield, and Head of Communication, Partnership and Internationalization, The University of Sheffield Energy Institute Questions and comments from the floor with Humphrey Cadoux-Hudson, Managing Director, Nuclear Development, EDF Energy 10.55 Chair’s closing remarks Lord Ravensdale 11.00 Break 11.10 Chair’s opening remarks Charlotte Nichols MP, Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy 11.15 The future of nuclear innovation in the UK and the wider global context - developing advanced technologies, fusion reactors, and tackling engineering and cost challenges Candida Whitmill, Managing Director, Penultimate Power UK Dr Nicholas Hawker, Co-founder, CEO and CTO, First Light Fusion 11.30 Latest thinking on expanding industry-wide collaboration - creating local, regional and national nuclear clusters, innovating manufacturing and materials, and narrowing the skills gap Ivan Baldwin, Member, Nuclear Industry Council, and Chairman, Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster Andrew Storer, Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear AMRC Leon Flexman, Director, Corporate Affairs, Horizon Nuclear Power Tom Samson, Interim Chief Executive Officer, UK SMR Consortium, Rolls-Royce Questions and comments from the floor with Candida Whitmill, Managing Director, Penultimate Power UK, and Dr Nicholas Hawker, Co-founder, CEO and CTO, First Light Fusion 12.00 Break 12.25 Next steps for the UK nuclear industry and the priorities for delivering new builds, stable development models, and reaching net-zero emissions by 2050 Tom Greatrex, Chief Executive, Nuclear Industry Association Questions and comments from the floor 12.55 Chair’s and Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum closing remarks Charlotte Nichols MP, Vice Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Nuclear Energy Jack Longman, Senior Researcher, Westminster Energy, Environment & Transport Forum .